Article of furniture



Patented May 9, 1944 lJNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Joseph S. McInnis, Chicago,

Ill., assignor to Great Application October 18, 1943, Serial No. 506,649 2 Claims. (Cl. 211-148) This invention relates to an article of furniture, and more specifically to an improvement in a leg for an article of furniture.

One of the objects is to provide an article of furniture, such as a table or the like, having a top and a shelf or shelves which can be readily assembled without requiring the use of any tools or the like.

Another object is to provide a leg for an article of furniture which will permit the rapid assembling and the setting up of the article of furniture by inexperienced help and merely by the positioning of parts in proper position, without the aid of any tools.

Another object is to provide an improved leg for an article of furniture which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, which can be carried as a stock item, and which eliminates the use of glue or the like when assembling the article of furniture.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view showing the leg with the top and shelf broken away.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the leg showing same as part of an article of furniture, such as a table.

Referring to the drawing, I provide a leg, indicated generally at Ill, which has a leg supporting portion 12. The upper portion of same is bored as at M to receive a dowel l6 which is per manently secured therein by glue or the like. The dowel extends above the base portion l2 as shown. A shelf l8 has an opening 20 through which the shelf is passed over the dowel to rest on the top of the base l2. A sleeve 22 fits on the dowel I 6, said sleeve terminating short of the end of the dowel to provide a portion 24. The table top 26 likewise has an opening 28 which fits on the portion 24. The top 26 rests on the top 23 of the sleeve 22. A dome-shaped knob 30 which carries a screw 32 is threaded into the dowel Hi to hold the parts in assembled relation. With applicants construction, the cap 38 can be screwed only the distance necessary to maintain the parts in proper assembled relationship, and tightening beyond the limits shown is eliminated. Thus if the top 26 or shelf I8 is made of glass, an undue tightening of parts would tend to break the glass. This unfavorable feature is eliminated by the construction shown.

It will be understood that while I have shown one leg supporting a table top and a shelf, that the table or article of furniture is completed by having the usual requisite number of legs properly positioned, the remaining legs being indentical to the one shown in the drawing and supporting the top and shelf in precisely the same manner.

It will also be understood that if it is desired to support a plurality of shelves, that instead of using one sleeve as shown, the sleeve can be cut to form a plural number of sleeves and then placed on the dowel It with a shelf or shelves placed therebtween.

It will also be understood that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An article of furniture comprising a plurality of legs, each of said legs formed of a base section having a bore, a dowel permanently secured within said bore, a shelf resting on the top of said base and surrounding said dowel, a sleeve on said dowel, a top member surrounding the upper portion of said dowel and resting on said sleeve, a knob carrying a threaded screw secured to the top of said dowel for maintaining the parts in assembled relation.

2. A leg for an article of furniture, comprising a base portion having a bore, a dowel permanently secured within said bore, the top of said base portion providing a support for a shelf, a sleeve on said dowel, the top of said dowel providing a support for a top member, and a knob carrying a threaded screw secured to the top of said dowel.

JOSEPH S. McINNIS. 

